Registering means for fowls.



No. 845,023. PATENTEDPEB. 5, 1907. L. s. LINDERQ v RBGISTBRINGMEANS FOR PowLs;

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1906.-

I I I To all whom it may concern:

' pad for receiving the impression of the mark- -LEOPOLD s. LINDER, or

MAI-NKAI'IO, MINNESOTA.

REGISTERING MEANS FOR Fowts.

Application filed January 20,

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD S. LINDER, a citizenof the United States, residing at M8111. kato, in the county of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota, have inven'ted certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Means for Fowls, of which the following is a specification. i 1

My invention relates to improvements in. means for registering the passage of fowls from any compartment, such as a nest-compartment. l

' To this end my invention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

' In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a section of a laying-compartmeht. Fig. 2 is a section on line ."0 as of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of a marking device to be carried by the fowl, and Fig. '5 is a detail viewof a ing device.

. In the drawings, A represents a nest-coinpartment of any suitable construction pro vided with outlet-doors 2, said doors being provided with registering openings 3, through which the fowl 4 will shove its head in pnsh ing the doors open. Having rotatable support S'adjacent to the nest-compartment are radiating arms 6, each arm carrying upon one face of its free end an impression-pad 7. The arms 6, as shown in Fig. 1, swing through an opening in the lower end of the riglit-hand door and adjacent wall. Adapted to be fastened, to the leg of'a fowl by suitable means, such as a strap 8, is a block 9, carrying upon its face. a projecting letter 10, of tin or other suitable construction, which will leave an impression when brought in contact with the ad 7. The block 9 is so fastened upon the eg of a fowl as to project forward, as shown in Fig. 1.

In practice after a fowl has laid its egg it will leave the con'ipartment, thrusting its head through the opening 3 and shoving open the doors 2.. As the fowl passes through the Specification a Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5,1907. 1906. Seria1No.296,990.

\ doorway the block 9, carried by its right leg,

will come in contact with the lmpression-pad 7 and leave an impression corresponding with the device 10. Projecting inwardly from the center of the doorway is a partition 11, which the fowl must straddle in passing through the doorway, whereby the carriage of the block 9 against the impression-pan is assured. As the fowl passes through e doorway it will open the doors and simultaneously turn the arm which is extending across the doorway and bring the next arm into position across the doorway. Any suitable mechanism may be employed for closing the doors and for assisting in turning the arms; but as it is not a part of my invention it is not specifically shown.

I claim- 1 Registering nieans for fowls consisting of a marking device carried by the fowl, and impression-receiving means'arranged in the path of the fowl in position to be engaged. by said marking device. 4

2. Means for registering the passage of fowls along a passageway consisting of cooperating impressing and impression-receiving means carried by the fowl and arranged in said passage-way respectively.

1 3. Means for registering the passage of fowls consisting of a series of impression-receivmg devices successively movable into the pathway of the fowl, and impression-giving.

devices carried by the fowl. 4. Means for registering the passage of fowls consisting of inn)ression-receiving devices successively mhvable into the pathway of the fowl, and cooperating impressing-tablets romovahly carried by the fowl in position to engage with said impression-receiving means in the passage of the fowl.

In testimony whereof I altix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' LICOPOLI) UNDER. Witnesses:

II. S. Jonsson, EMILY F. O'ris. 

